WebSAT

Work-in-progress information about my contribution to the WebSAT project.

Project Description

Newly developed vehicles must undergo and pass a series of rigorous testing procedures to comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for verifying results and approving vehicles to ensure public safety. As part of this mission, NHTSA is developing a web-based platform titled WebSAT, for efficient visualization and analysis of vehicle safety testing data.

This project contributes to WebSAT by building a “Hood Top Visualizer”—a component in the website that graphically displays the top surface of a vehicle’s hood along with overlaid pedestrian safety test data. These tests evaluate the potential injury outcomes for pedestrians in the event of a collision, making spatial representation of impact zones and injury metrics crucial for interpreting results. The visualizer plots relevant testing metrics such as Head Injury Criterion (HIC) scores at specified impact locations, enabling engineers and analysts to assess vehicle compliance at a glance.